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"content": "1. That on various occasions, on various dates between 4th July 2023 and 9th July 2023, the governor grossly violated the provisions of Articles 10, 73 and 75 of the Constitution of Kenya and Sections 29 and 34 of the Leadership and Integrity Act 2012 by: (a) overseeing misappropriation of the funds raised for the victims of the horrendous Londiani Junction accident tragedy in which over Kshs9 million of publicly raised funds were lost; (b) reneging on his undertakings to implement the report of the County Assembly’s ad hoc Committee formed to probe the misappropriation of funds meant for the victims of the accident. There is evidence that the governor filed a suit and or supported a suit by those implicated in the report of the County Assembly’s ad hoc Committee in Kericho ELRC, Petition No. E006 of 2023, Dr. Wesley Bor, and five others versus the Governor, Kericho County Government, and others, and Kericho ELRC, Petition No. E01 4 of 2023; Victor Tum and others versus the Governor of Kericho County and others; (c) being personally and directly complicit in the flawed award of direct tenders for service providers during the fundraiser and the requiem mass of the victims of the accident; (d) the County governor has, in this regard, committed numerous and various acts in the course of his duties that are contrary to and in violation of the Constitution and the laws of Kenya. These include: (i) the authenticity of various payments made cannot be confirmed. The fact that the exact amount of money expended from the sum collected during the fundraiser points to impropriety and suggests a clear fraud on those whom the funds ought to have benefited; (ii) a total of Kshs13,682,660 was collected at the fundraiser. A sum of Kshs423,000 was purportedly expended as pastors’ facilitation, transport refund, fuel preparation, lunches and refreshments, printing, publishing and radio announcements. Other payments that were approved from the fund were; Kericho County Referral Hospital - Kshs2,037,524; Londiani Hospital - Kshs1,534,190, SuperTix Limited - Kshs2,945,000; Supershine Limited - Kshs411,000; Rays Memorial Hospital - Kshs100, 000; County Commissioners Fuel - Kshs300,000 et cetera. (iii) that when from all walks of life voluntarily made contributions to aid the victims of the tragedy, it was never intended or anticipated that the funds would be misappropriated with the blessings of the governor who had a higher calling to ensure the money was accounted for to the last coin and on whom the people bestowed their trust; (iv) the governor has issued contradictory statements, in so far as the use of the funds is concerned, the contradictory statements point to his being complicit in the matter; and, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "(v) while the governor is on record indicating that the medical bills for all the victims would be waived and taken care of by the county government, it is not clear why money had to be paid out from the fund collected to various public hospitals against the express and unequivocal representations of the governor; (e) by his acts of omission and commission, the governor has grossly violated the provisions of Article 75 of the Constitution, which demands that a state officer shall, “Whether in private or in public, behave in a manner that avoids conflict of interest between personal interests and public or official interests, or compromises public interest in favor of personal interests.” (f) by overseeing the misappropriation of the funds aimed at assisting the victims of the accident, the governor violated Article 73(2), which demands from him selfless service based solely on public interest, demonstrated by honesty in the execution of his duties, accountability to the public for decisions and actions, and discipline and commitment in service; (g) by allowing himself to be a master of doublespeak in such a grave matter that shook the conscience of the nation, the governor violated Article 7(a)(a)(ii) and (iii) of the Constitution, which demand that he at all times demonstrates respect to the people and brings honor and dignity to the office he holds; (h) by allowing himself and senior officials close to him to benefit from the funds, the governor violated Article 76(2)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya, which prohibits a state officer from accepting a benefit in circumstances that compromise the integrity of the state officer; and, (i) by failing to ensure that decision making in the executive office of the county governor are not influenced by corruption, nepotism, and other callous and improper motives, the governor has failed to exercise objectivity and impartiality, thus violating Article 73(2)(b) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The Hon. (Dr.) Eric Kipkoech Mutai, how do you plead to Ground 1, guilty or not guilty?"
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"speaker_name": "The Governor of Kericho County",
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr.) Mutai): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not guilty."
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"speaker_name": "Mr. Nyegenye",
"speaker_title": "The Clerk of the Senate",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir,"
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"content": "2: Abuse of Office"
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"content": "The Particulars of this Ground as are as follows: 1. Illegal Appointments, Unlawful Dismissals and Transfers, and Usurpation of the Constitutional and Statutory Functions of County Public Service THAT the governor has variously engaged in - (i) gross misconduct, and (ii) gross violations of Articles 10, 73, 75, 232, 235 and 236 of the Constitution, (iii) gross violation of section 17 of the Public Officer Ethics Act, Sections 55, 59, 59A, 60, 62, 63, 64 and 65 of the County Governments Act, Section 4 of the Public Appointments (County Assemblies Approval) Act, 2017, and variously abused his office by: (a) illegally appointing Mrs. Alice Bett, now Judge of the High Court, as the County Attorney when there was a substantive office holder, an act which the Employment and Labour Relations Court, the Hon. Lady Justice Wasilwa, affirmed was irregular, unprocedural and unlawful in the case of Sang vs Governor Kericho County The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "and 2 others (Petition E001 of 2023). In that case, the governor was found by the court to be in gross violation of Articles 73 and 232 of the Constitution, his actions found to be illegal and unconstitutional and ordered to pay costs of Kshs2,000,000 and costs personally. The governor has therefore been already adjudged to be in gross violation of the law and all the Assembly and the Senate are called upon to do is to remove him by impeachment; (b) causing the advertisement of the positions of doctors, nurses, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers just to endear himself politically when he knew the county government did not have capacity to hire. The applicants were subsequently not shortlisted nor the alleged vacancies filled up; (c) illegally deploying health staff vide the Notice dated 22nd July, 2024, without any justification, authority and involvement of County Service Board, thus creating a crisis in the health sector; and, (d) illegally appointing Mr. George Kipng’eno Kerer as the Chief Officer for Finance and forwarding his name to the County Assembly for vetting and approval when there was a substantive officeholder in the name of Ms. Jackline C. Langat and the vacancy had not arisen."
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"content": "2. Subversion, Discrediting and Impeding of the Oversight Role of the County Assembly"
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"content": "On 3rd September, 2024 the Governor engaged in gross misconduct and grossly violated the provisions of Articles 10, 73, 75, 174 and 185 (3) of the Constitution, and abused his office by writing to the Speaker purporting to direct the Speaker on, inter alia, the timeliness the Speaker should give the chief officers who are summoned by the Assembly for questioning in exercise of the Assembly’s oversight mandate. Hon. (Dr.) Erick Kipkoech Mutai, how do you plead to Ground 2, guilty or not guilty?"
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"content": " Not guilty."
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